Railroad rail



June 24, 1924. 1,498,901

E. BEAUDIN RA ILROAD RAIL Filed Nov. 30. 1923 Patented June 24, 1924'.

units ELI .IBEAUDIN," OF LAONA, WISCONSIN.

RAILROAD RAIL.

Application filed November 30, 1923. Serial No; 677,742.

To all 10720172 it may concern."

Be it known that I, ELI BEAUDIN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Laona, in the county of Forest and State of VVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Railroad Rail, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a simple means whereby the ends of a pair of railroad rails may be connected without resorting to bolts.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown, can be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away so that the View, in part, is a horizontal section; Figure 2 is a transverse section; Figure 3 is a perspective View showing one of the connecting plates; Figure 4 is a transverse section showing a modification; Figure 5 is a perspective view disclosing the connecting plate used in Figure 4.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, there is shown a combined chair and clamp 1 comprising a base 2 provided with an overhanging bracket 3 and equipped with an upstanding lug 4; the lug 4 carrying a tightening device 5, such as a screw. Openings 6 are formed in the base 2 of the chair and clamp 1 and are located between the bracket 3 and the lug 4. Seats or notches 7 are fashioned in the ends of the base 2.

Connecting plates, in the form of angle bars 8 and 9 are provided. The angle bar 8 has a lateral flange 10 and an upstanding flange 11. The angle bar 9 has a lateral flange 12 and an upstanding flange 14. Re-

, cesses 15 are fashioned in the lower surfaces of the flanges 10 and 12 of the angle bars. The flanges 11 and 14 of the angle bars have upwardly inclined projections 16. NotcheS 17, or seats, are forlnedin the outer edges of the flanges 10 and 12 of the angle bars. The flanges 10 and 12 of the angle *bars have openings 18 adapted to be alined with the openings 6 in the base 2 of the chairand clamp 1. 'The lateral flange 12 of the angle bar 9- has an upstanding rib or abutment 20.

The base flanges of a pair of rails 21 rest on the base 2 of the chair 1. The outer edges of the flanges 12 and 10 of the angle-bars 9 and 8 rest on the base 2 of the chair and clamp 1, the edges of thebase flange of each rail 21 being received inone of the recesses 15 which are formed in theflanges 10 and 12. The outer edge of the flange 10 of the angle bar 8 is engaged beneath thebracket 3 on the base 2 ofthe chair and clamp 1. The screw 5 overhangs the outer edge of the flange 12 of the angle bar 9 and abuts against the rib 20 on the flange 12. The flange 11 of the angle bar 8 and the flange 14 of the angle bar 9 extend upwardly along the webs of the rails 21 and engage the balls of the rails, as shown in Figure 2, the projections 16 on the flanges 11 and 14 of the angle bars being received in the bolt openings 22 of the rails 21, the projections on the flange 11 alternate with the projections on the flange 14, as clearly indicated in Figure 1. It will be obvious that when the screw -5 is advanced, the projections 16 will be held engaged with the openings 22 of the rails 21, and a secure joint will be effected. If the member 1 is located on a tie, spikes may be driven through the alined openings 18 and 6. Spikes also may be driven in the tie, the

'last specifiedspikes being engaged in the seats of notches 7 of the member 1. If the member 1. happens to be located otherwise than upon a tie, spikes may be driven into the tie, the spikes being mounted in the seats or notches 17.

In the form shown in Figures 4 and 5, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with the suflix at. Connecting plates 24 and 23 are provided and have recesses 25., corresponding to the recesses 15. Notches 26 correspond to notches 17, the openings 27 corresponding to the openings 19, and the openings 28 correspond to the openings 18. The plates 23 and 24 have upwardly inclined projections, adapted to be mounted in the bolt openings 22 of the rails 21 the projections 29 having upstanding vertical fingers 3O adapted to engage opposite sides of the web of the rail 21, the plate 24: being provided with a rib 31 adapted to cooperate with the screw 5. The operation of the device shown in I igures i and 5 will beunderstood readily from what has been stated hereinbefore in connection with that form of the invention which appears in Figures 1, 2 and 3. The form shown in Figure 4 may be used when a temporary track is laid, or under any other conditions which do not call for the extreme security afi orded by that form 01 the invention which is delineated in Figures 1, 2 and 3. I

The clamp and chair 1 may be disposed adjacent to either end of the plates 8 and 9, and then'the openings 19 and 6 of Figures 1 and 2, or the openings 27 of Figure 5 and the corresponding openings in the member 1 are alined for the reception of spikes.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, connecting plates having oppositely extended lateral projections for engagement with the ransom bolt holes of rails, and a base supporting the plates, the base and the plates having alined openings for the reception of spikes.

2. In a device of the class described, connecting plates having oppositely extended lateral projections for engagement with the bolt holes on rails, the projections beinp provided with integral lingers disposed at an angle to the'projections and adapted to engage the opposite sides 01" the webs of rails, 21' base supporting the plates, the base being;- provided with a fixed projection engaging one plate. and being; provided with a second fixed projection, and a screw threaded into the second projection and engaging the other plate.

Intestirnony that I clairnthe foregoing as own. I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

his ELI BEAUD N.

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Witnesses P. J. STEINMETZ, BLANQHE BEEGHER. 

